---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provide greater flexibility for school districts in financing major maintenance"
description: "Provide greater flexibility for school districts in financing major maintenance"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 247"
citation: "Montana HB 247 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School Finance", "Schools and Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bruce Grubbs"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 56
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-11-27"
last_action: "2019-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a02eb75-5fcd-4ab4-82f4-f508a818296b"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=247&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "1af2ffc15999cee393216c28b3dad8e5abdeda7fc40d234be5bf3c30cb0f3640"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-mt"]
---

# Montana HB 247 (2019) — Provide greater flexibility for school districts in financing major maintenance

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB0247_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0299//HB0247_1.pdf)
2. **HB0247_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0299//HB0247_2.pdf)
3. **HB0247_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0299//HB0247_x.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0247.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **80–19** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **81–19** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **7–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bruce Grubbs — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-11-27** Draft Request Received
- **2018-12-03** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2018-12-03** Draft in Legal Review
- **2018-12-10** Draft in Edit
- **2018-12-12** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
- **2018-12-12** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2018-12-13** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2018-12-13** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2018-12-13** Executive Director Review
- **2018-12-13** Draft in Assembly
- **2018-12-19** Executive Director Final Review
- **2018-12-20** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-01-08** Draft Back for Redo
- **2019-01-10** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-01-11** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
- **2019-01-11** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-01-11** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-14** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-01-15** Draft Back for Redo
- **2019-01-15** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-01-16** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
- **2019-01-16** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-01-16** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-16** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-01-17** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-01-18** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-01-18** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-19** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-30** Hearing
- **2019-02-04** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-05** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-05** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-07** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-07** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-08** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-08** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-08** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-02-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-11** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** Hearing
- **2019-02-25** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-02-26** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-03-09** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-09** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-03-11** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-11** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-11** Returned to House
- **2019-03-12** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-03-13** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-03-13** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-03-14** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-18** Signed by President
- **2019-03-19** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-21** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-22** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4a02eb75-5fcd-4ab4-82f4-f508a818296b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).